Whilst in Mauritius I emailed Sandy regarding costs for her cooking class as 5 of us were interested. After getting a reply with the cost of the class I needed to confirm with others, but before I could do that she sent me an email to say she had cancelled it because I was interested. I emailed back and said we are still interested but only 3 of us would like to do it as it is expensive. She sent her husband around to collect the money the next day and he said he would be at our hotel to pick us up on the day. The night before the class I received an email from Sandy telling us what it would cost for her husband to come and pick us up. They lead us to believe that was included and I emailed her saying this and thought her reply was a bit rude, all in capital letters. As we had paid we went ahead with the class otherwise we would've cancelled. They were both very pilot on the day, the food was delicious and plenty of it, but not exactly what we expected, very, very basic, not worth the price we paid. I think also if we all pay full price for the class we all deserve a cooking book each. She thought that the 2 other people were a couple as they had the same last name and had only 1 book between them that she had already written in and then just crossed one of their names off instead of getting 2 new books. We thought they might've not charged us for the transport (5mins down the road), but as we returned to the hotel and got out the car he quitely said can you fix me up for the transport. Thought that was a bit dodgy.

we had a great time at this guest house including delicious meals and very interesting tours with Rajen. A perfect alternative to the anonymous hotels: friendly, familial. Everything was well organized.

Pallagino Guest house is a total scam! We where led to believe that this is a genuine cousine destination, how very very wrong! Frozen, tasteless food, beware! Husband Rajen very rude, trying to over charge us. Do yourself a favor and stay Stay at a nicer place a Maison de Ete or Silver beach instead!